Age: 89
Catherine M. (Kay) Miller
Mattawan
Catherine May Miller, 89, died Sunday, May 6, 2007, in Escondido, California where she lived since 2006. She was born Aug. 7, 1917, in Boston, Mass. Catherine graduated from Cambridge High and Latin HS and took short courses at Harvard University. She was a civilian worker for the US Air Force during World War II in Louisiana and Texas. She lived on the family farm near Mattawan, Michigan, for most of her married life and worked at Beach Products Inc. in Kalamazoo for 10 years. Catherine retired in 1974 as Office Manager after 16 years at International Research and Development Corporation, Mattawan. She was a life member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Kay enjoyed her family, her friends, the gang at Orange Grove RV Park in Edinburg, Texas, her friends at Jefferson Street Apartments in Mason, Michigan, going out to eat and playing Bingo. She also enjoyed tap dancing and singing on the radio in her younger years. She participated in the Memorial Day Parade in Mattawan for 50 years with the VFW and was a volunteer at the Historical Museum in Edinburg for many years. She was a long time member of St. John Bosco Catholic Church and St. Rita’s Guild in Mattawan and a member of St. James Catholic Church in Mason, Michigan, for three years. Kay married Frederick Miller on January 25, 1942, and he preceded her in death in 1994. She is survived by her sons Fred (Loretta) Miller of Escondido, CA. Paul (Therese) Miller of Mason, MI, Dennis Miller of San Marcos, CA. and daughter Ann Peters of Oceanside, CA., seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren with another on the way. Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, September 8, 2007, 11 a.m. at St. John Bosco Church in Mattawan. Inurnment will be at Hope Cemetery in Texas Corners, Michigan, with a luncheon to follow. Arrangements are by the Adams Funeral Home in Paw Paw, Michigan, handling the arrangements. For those wishing to do so, the family has suggested memorial considerations to the VFW National Home for Children, 3573 S Waverly Road, Eaton Rapids, Michigan, 48827 or the Alzheimer’s Association 107 Aprill Drive, Suite 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103.
